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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: captain1ma on May 13, 2011, 07:27:07 AM
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the AVA development group is having a discussion on the manual bomb site in the AVA. We would like some input from the Aces High community.
Which bomb site do you like?
Manual Bombsite-- the hard one in the AVA or FSO
Automatic Bombsite-- Main arena's IE Late War, Midwar, etc.
Are you ( More Likely\Less Likely) to go into the AVA Because of the Manual Bombsite. If it doesn't matter, please let us know that too.
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the AVA development group is having a discussion on the manual bomb site in the AVA. We would like some input from the Aces High community.
Which bomb site do you like? - Manual. Score be dammed, I would even use it in the MA if i had a choice. :rock
Are you ( More Likely\Less Likely) to go into the AVA Because of the Manual Bombsite. Doesn't make a difference to me, I don't fly AvA no matter which bombsight is being available
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the AVA development group is having a discussion on the manual bomb site in the AVA. We would like some input from the Aces High community.
Which bomb site do you like?
Manual Bombsite-- the hard one in the AVA or FSO
Automatic Bombsite-- Main arena's IE Late War, Midwar, etc.
Are you ( More Likely\Less Likely) to go into the AVA Because of the Manual Bombsite. If it doesn't matter, please let us know that too.
I like the manual one like it was in AH1. when it actually took some skill to bomb, instead of now you just hold a button for 3 sec and then thats it. i liked having to setup on the target, put your crosshairs on the target, click on the target to get the alt, hold the crosshairs steady and all that. thats what made bombing fun and thats what seperated the skilled from the average little kid.
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the AVA development group is having a discussion on the manual bomb site in the AVA. We would like some input from the Aces High community.
Which bomb site do you like?
Manual Bombsite-- the hard one in the AVA or FSO
Automatic Bombsite-- Main arena's IE Late War, Midwar, etc.
Are you ( More Likely\Less Likely) to go into the AVA Because of the Manual Bombsite. If it doesn't matter, please let us know that too.
Does not matter :lol
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... and direction on how to use this manual bombsight are where?
that is the only problem I know about.
Infidelz.
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I use the automatic way. Mainly because until just now I did not know there was a manual way to do it :headscratch: lol
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I use the automatic way. Mainly because until just now I did not know there was a manual way to do it :headscratch: lol
There is, but you have no choice which one you use. It's an arena setting.
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damn! which one have I been using all these years? whats the difference? :O
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damn! which one have I been using all these years? whats the difference? :O
auto= hold butten
AVA standered= 7 steps
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... and direction on how to use this manual bombsight are where?
that is the only problem I know about.
Infidelz.
its talk you through it just like it does with the auto one.
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I started a thread about this in the wishlist a while back.. It would be nice to have Manual Calibration available in the M.A.s
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,304486.msg3916602.html#msg3916602
:salute
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I would think that the same reason the precision bombsight was eliminated in the main arenas would apply in the AvA arena. My understanding is that it was eliminated so calibration accuracy was not dependent on the accuracy of the individual player's controller.
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I always thought that lag played a big part in the accuracy in the old style bomb site as well. We all know that lag will show a displacement of how we see things on our FE, as apposed to where they are on the server (see the 4 million collision threads). When my lag was crappy I would miss a lot, when it wasn't bad I was dead on.
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I thought the old method of dropping bombs was way easier.Just let them go a split second before the cross hairs were near target,and boom the target was hit.Now with all this calibration,air speed.it is far more difficult,but it comes close to being historically accurate.The old saying put it in a pickle barrel was a laugher!The Brits had it right,area bombing.Have a "Skeeter" mark the target,and then let her fly with as many fire bombs as you could."Bomber" Harris and reap the whirlwind was the way to go.The Americans used one aircraft to get the target set up,and all the planes in that formation dropped when the lead plane gave the word.Now days they can truly put one right through a window.
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its talk you through it just like it does with the auto one.
indeed. the times we've used it in special events that I can remember, it's amazing how many people cannot read the simple instructions though..
btw I prefer the manual version. it can actually be quicker to get calibrated than the auto mode if you have a steady hand.
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IF I could use the manual bombsite, I wouldn't mind manual. I just never got around to learning it. Hence, I do not fly bombers in the AvA. I really should learn...
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Anyone who is reasonably competent can learn either or both methods.
As for using it in the AvA, well Rolex nailed it. If you have a slightly spiking stick, your going to have fits with the manual method.
Its been used often in FSO, usually with an attendant flurry of requests to setup the TA so people can practice it.
(gets to be a pain in the posterior for trainers)
Personally I liked it, as there were a couple of things you could do with it once mastered, that are not as easy with the other.
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Anyone who is reasonably competent can learn either or both methods.
As for using it in the AvA, well Rolex nailed it. If you have a slightly spiking stick, your going to have fits with the manual method.
Its been used often in FSO, usually with an attendant flurry of requests to setup the TA so people can practice it.
(gets to be a pain in the posterior for trainers)
Personally I liked it, as there were a couple of things you could do with it once mastered, that are not as easy with the other.
My stick spikes often, this explains how even when I knew how to use manual, I would always be off target. :bhead
I need a new joystick.
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I have not flown bombers in a long while.
Way back it was real easy, just put your X on the target.
Then came the calibration and accurate flying for speed and alt - I loved this, I thought this was as near to the real thing as you could get in a game.
It changed from that so I have not bothered since - I was under the impression it went back to an easier type.
Noted Rolex has given a reason for it, all the same, it is a shame that this day and age cheap sticks (sorry for an offense) have an influence on the gameplay in what I regard as a better quality sim/game.
I doubt the type of bomb sight will have any effect on the arena you chose to fly in. It certainly would not to me.
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I like the manual one like it was in AH1. when it actually took some skill to bomb, instead of now you just hold a button for 3 sec and then thats it. i liked having to setup on the target, put your crosshairs on the target, click on the target to get the alt, hold the crosshairs steady and all that. thats what made bombing fun and thats what seperated the skilled from the average little kid.
That one extra click on the target to get the alt did it for me. I could never figure it out. :lol Are we serious here? Some how a few extra clicks made it skillful or harder?
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That one extra click on the target to get the alt did it for me. I could never figure it out. :lol Are we serious here? Some how a few extra clicks made it skillful or harder?
it seems like it did for me. the manual way you have to take th time and get it all set up. if you dont setup correctly you have to start over and do it again. the auto way, if you dont set up correctly, you just press 'u' and then hold 'y' for a couple secs and then press 'u' and and boom, your set and done within 5 sec. therefore i would think that the manual way would require more skill to be precise.
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Manual for sure. That might get me into the AvA for a few bomber sorties.
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My bombsite is always the same. :)
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I like the manual one like it was in AH1. when it actually took some skill to bomb, instead of now you just hold a button for 3 sec and then thats it. i liked having to setup on the target, put your crosshairs on the target, click on the target to get the alt, hold the crosshairs steady and all that. thats what made bombing fun and thats what seperated the skilled from the average little kid.
That is what HTC is trying to do. Make it easy so they attract more squeekers to it. Sorry but it is true.